unlawyerlikeadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɔɪəlʌɪk/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɔːjəlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɔɪərˌlaɪk/, /ˌənˈlɔjərˌlaɪk/, /ˌənˈlɑjərˌlaɪk/ Not lawyer-like; uncharacteristic of or inappropriate to a lawyer.
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society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [adjective] > resembling or characteristic of a lawyer > not
unlawyerlike1815
1815 F. H. J. Ritso Introd. Sci. of Law 13 I shall also expose..the truly absurd system..of copy-precedents in an office;—a drudgery at which common sense revolts, and which is equally unscientific and unlawyer-like.
1869 T. Taylor & A. W. Dubourg New Men & Old Acres iii. 53 Everything hurried through in the most unlawyer-like manner.
1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iii. 84 Nor were these talents much marred by those unlawyer-like attributes.
1941 I. S. Cobb Exit Laughing 243 There was a most unlawyer-like directness about him as he cut through the traditional verbiage which drapes the English common law.
1992 D. Pannick Advocates iii. 82 The letter exhibited an unlawyerlike rudeness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- hang one's bat out to dry
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